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Wednesday, July 23, 2025
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Topic: Judges

Only 7 of Supreme Court’s 31 judges have declared their assets

CJI Ranjan Gogoi is among the 7 judges who declared assets. The Supreme Court for the first time in a decade is functioning on full strength.

Not only IAS, the Indian judiciary desperately needs lateral entry too

IAS and other civil services have greater experience in dealing with and enforcing law. They should be allowed to take the Bar exam.

Must stop when Hon’ble judges walk past: Allahabad High Court diktat for office bearers

Allahabad High Court registrar asks all court officers to pay ‘highest respect’ to judges as they walk the corridors of the court.

Relaxing income criteria for judges’ post is case of overreach by Supreme Court collegium

It is doubtful if SC collegium’s non-transparent relaxation of income criteria will actually help cause of the marginalised.

Panels, tribunals are framed to ensure post-retirement jobs for judges & IAS officers

Acts that govern SEBI, NGT and the IRDA among others are designed to ensure post-retirement jobs for former judges and civil servants.

A wish list, your honour: How the Indian judiciary can get back its prestige in 2019

All that it takes to tilt the scales in favour of justice.

Hindu Rashtra to peacocks not having sex: There is no way to assess conduct of our judges

Judiciary has simply looked away when judges have made sexist, casteist, xenophobic and sometimes utter nonsensical remarks.

Supreme Court rejects petition seeking appointment of lawyer as High Court judge

The petition has no merit and it is not justiciable, said the two judge bench while dismissing the plea.

Uttarakhand lawyer to drag sitting high court judge to SC for ‘abusing’ him in court

The move by lawyer Chhitij Sharma, perhaps the first of its kind, comes after Uttarakhand HC dismissed a contempt case against the judge.

Make separate lane at toll plazas for VIPs & judges: Madras High Court tells NHAI

The court warned that it would view any violation of the order seriously.

On Camera

Air India crash report shows an institutional reform of AAIB and aviation ministry is in order

The civil aviation ministry could have recognised the enormity of the Air India crash and prepared the AAIB and its investigating team for its sensitivities.

India-US set to ink mini trade deal soon, reach understanding on agricultural & dairy products

Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.

Not just AK-203, India & Russia to jointly manufacture AK-19 and PPK-20 for domestic use and export 

India-Russia JV is also racing to deliver 7,000 more AK-203 assault rifles by 15 Aug. These are currently being made with 50% indigenisation and this will surge to 100% by 31 December.

Strategic partner one day, tactical nightmare the next: India’s learning Trumplomacy the hard way

Public, loud, upfront, filled with impropriety and high praise sometimes laced with insults. This is what we call Trumplomacy. But the larger objective is the same: American supremacy.